Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cancer preventive and therapeutic properties of fruits and vegetables : an overview / Chandrasekharan Guruvayoorappan, KM Sakthivel, Ganesan Padmavathi, Vaishali Bakliwal, Javadi Monisha, and Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara -- Phytochemicals safeguard the genome: tiny molecules, big role / Sanjit Dey, Nilanjan Das, Debdutta Ganguli, Mahuya Sinha, Kunal Sikder, Swaraj Bandhu Kesh, Dipesh Kr Das, Amitava Khan, Ujjal Das, Krishnendu Manna, Sushobhan Biswas, Anirban Pradhan, and Rakhi Sharma Dey -- Phytonutrients from fruits and vegetables in breast cancer control / Madhumita Roy, Apurba Mukherjee, Sutapa Mukherjee, and Jaydip Biswas -- Anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of bioactive constituents derived from fruits and vegetables against colorectal cancer / Sakshi Sikka and Gautam Sethi -- Anticancer activities of fruits and vegetables against gynecological cancers / Sankar Jagadeeshan, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkar and S. Asha Nair -- Cancer chemopreventive and therapeutic properties of fruits and vegetables against head and neck malignancies / Jesil Mathew Aranjani, Ganesan Padmavathi, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara, and Atulya M -- Anticancer activities of fruits and vegetables against liver and pancreatic cancers / Ahmed S. Ibrahim, Deya-udeen M Abdulkawi and Farid A. Badria -- Cancer preventive and therapeutic properties of fruits and vegetables against lung cancer / K. M. Sakthivel, Javadi Monisha, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara and Chandrasekharan Guruvayoorappan -- Prostate cancer : how helpful are natural agents for prevention? / Manoj K. Pandey, Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara and Shantu G. Amin -- Phytochemicals from fruits and vegetables as potential anticancer agents : special reference to skin cancer / Jayesh Antony, Minakshi Saikia and Ruby John Anto -- Anticancer effects of agents derived from fruits and vegetables against gastric cancer / Sakshi Sikka and Gautam Sethi -- Cancer preventive and therapeutic properties of fruits and vegetables against commonly occurring cancers in humans / Javadi Monisha, Ganesan Padmavathi, Vaishali Bakliwal, Naman Katre, Jose Padikkala and Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara.